Q for Quick and Simple

Friday, 16 September 2011

Hi everyone!
Yet another week has gone by and I don't know where it went to! I thought I'd be all organised now since the weddings are over but I just can't seem to get anywhere near organised!
And not only that, but another fortnight has gone by and it's time for another challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog. And if you haven't already guessed from my title, we're up to Q and it's for Quick and Simple - now there is a real challenge!! I usually spend hours making a card and sometimes even days!

But this one kind of happened by accident!
My little sister was heading off on a school trip to Paris and, as us big sisters have to do, I was giving her a bit of spending money for the trip. I was just about to leave the house when a thought popped into my head (it doesn't happen very often, so it surprised me!) that I should've made her a card for going. Then I was nearly knocked off my feet when another thought popped into my already thought-filled head - I could make her one now with the bargain stamps I bought ages ago of Parisian themes!

So I took a piece of an off-cut from some DL shaped wedding invitations I made earlier in the year (I keep everything!) and scallop punched one of the short ends. I butted the other, straight edge, up on my score-board and scored a line at the tri-fold mark. I folded that line then butted the folded side and scored on the same line, leaving a short piece that I folded and secured on the inside of the card to make a pocket.

I then went over the whole thing with my Parisian themed stamps in brown versafine and also in versamark to make shadows, and this is how it turned out

13 comments:

Your snippet make is gorgeous .. .. I see an offcut as a snippet too!!!

Sorry, I had to close the gates early this week as I am at an Art Festival from this evening until Sunday evening so to give me chance to write my post and schedule I had to close the challenge last night!! Sorry!

Please link your make to new challenge that will start on Sunday .. .. it is too lovely not to let my other playmates see it!!

This is very sweet Sheena, but sadly you've linked it to too many challenges for us at "Less is More" where was have a maximum of 5 including ours.Do join us again next time for another Clean and Simple Challenge!Thanks so muchChrissie"Less is More"

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My name is Sheena and I'm from Northern Ireland. I live at the edge of the Mourne Mountains so have been so lucky to grow up with some stunning views! I have always loved crafty things - I think I got the bug from my mum - and started making cards in 2006. I've made some fantastic friends through crafting so love it for so many reasons!